Coin and ticket separator.



A. B. JHNSTN..` com AND ncKET SEPARATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8, 1915. 1 ,179,930, Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

IVIEDEE B. JGHNSTON, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

`COIN AND TICKET SEPARATOR.

intenso.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application led March 8, 1915. Serial No. 12,964.

i To @ZZ 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, Armenia B. JonnsroN, a citizen of the United States, residing at San F rancisco,fin the county or' San Francisco, State of California, have invented a `new and useful Coin and Ticket Separator,

of which the following is a specification in such full and clear terms as will enable those skilled in the `art to construct and use the same. i i

This invention relates to a ticket and coin box intended for use at train, car, ierry and other gates where money and tickets are used indiscriminately for iare or entrance, to enable the coin and tickets to be deposited in a single receptacle,-the tickets Yfalling into one compartmentandthe coin in another, thereby enabling the coinf to be removed from the lmachine `for change making purposes and preventing the loss of the coin with the tickets.`

Another objectoil the invention is to provide means :l'or knocking any tickets that may stick in ther separator over into the proper receptacle. y

An embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawing in which the same reference numeral is applied to the same portion throughout, but l am aware that there are many modifications thereof.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the complete box, Fig. 2 is a sectional View ot the separator slide on the line 2-2, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 3 is a sectional view oi' the "separator on the line 3 3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the ticket receiving hopper and lower end ot the separator bars, the casing of the machine being cut away for purposes of illustration.

The numeral l represents the back, 2 the front and 3 the middle partition of a box having drawers d and 5 therein for the reception of the money and tickets respectively. Above the drawer 4 is an inclined way 6, said inclined way being provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending' bars 7 and a plurality of higher longitudinally extending bars 8, said bars being part of a base 9 mounted von the inclined board 6.

The bars 8 have their upper edges in the same plane as the upper edge of the partition 3, while the bottom 6 extends to within a short distance of the partition 3, the space being sufficient to allow a nickel or dime to pass therethrough, the bars 8 being let into a cross piece 10 which forms a bumper for the coins. Immediately below the bumper for the coins is a bar 11 carrying a plurality of lingers 12 which lingers may be turned upwardly as indicated in dotted lines to throw a ticket out of any of the slots, should it become lodged therein. The bar 11 is maintained in the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a spiral spring 13 mounted within-an operating knob 14.

ln the compartment formed by the outer wall 2 and center partition 3 there is an inclined hopper bottom 15, which with the hinged door 16 forms a stopping place for the tickets to allow them to be inspected. The door 16 is hung on a rod 17 while a spring 18 holds the door in the position indicated in Fig. 1. The-door may be turned down after the inspection of the tickets by the operation of the handle 19 whereupon the tickets fall into the drawer 5.

The glass cover 20 extends over a portion of the box and the upper portion thereof is reduced to convenient size for the reception of tickets and money and has a front wall 2l and inclined glass plates 22, 23 and 2e t0 provide a tortuous way for tickets and money to prevent them from being extracted from the box by unauthorized persons. Lying across the top of the bars 8 is a glass plate 25 which serves to cause the tickets to lie down flat after leaving the plate 24: and thereby slide down the bars 8 without being caught' at the partition 3.

In operation the tickets and money may be promiscuously thrown into the hopper at the top of the box. The nickels are slightly less in diameter than the space between the bars 8 and when either a nickel or dime falls into the space between the bars it assumes either of the positions shown in Fig. 2v and rolls or slides into the drawer t. It will be observed that the low bars 7 are not centrally spaced in the spaces between the bars 8, the object of which is to prevent the coins being balanced thereon so that they will be sure to slide down and will not stick.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that while the drawers 4 and 5 have been shown for the tickets and coin, that the coin and ticket receiving receptacles may be of any desired form in which either a ticket chopper or coin counter may be used, but

which forms no part of the present invention. Having thus described'my invention what I claim, as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows, modifications within the scope of the claims being expressly reserved:

l. A ticket and coin separator comprising a casing having a partition forming two compartments, an inclined run-way in said casing, and a plurality of vertically placed inclined bars, said runway therefor having the upper edges of the bars thereof in line with the top of said partition to deliver tickets into one compartment and slots to permit coins to pass into another compartment in said casing.

A ticket and coin separator comprising a casing having a partition forming two compartments therein, an inclined runway in the casing, a plurality of bars upwardly inclined from the partition between said two compartments, the bottom of said runway being spaced away i'rom said partition, and a fiat slide extending over said bars at the top of the inclined runway.

3. In a ticket and coin separator, a casing having a partition forming two compartments therein, an inclined runway, a plul rality of bars extending from the top of the partition between said two compartments upwardly over the top of said runway, an inclined plate extending over the top of said bars at the top of said runway, and means to dislodge tickets that may stick at the bottom of 4said inclined bars.

4. A ticket and coin separator comprising a casing having partition forming'two compartments therein, a plurality of vertically extending bars inclined upwardly from the top of the partition between said compartments, a runway over which said bars are placed and extending to within a short distance of the partition, and a series of lower bars between the rst mentioned bars.

5. A ticket and coin separator comprising acasing having a partition forming two compartments therein, a plurality of vertically placed inclined bars extending from the top of the partition between the two compartments toward the top of the casing, a plate overlying the bars at their upper ends, a runway over which the bars are placed and which extends to within a short distance of the partition between the two compartments, means to dislodge tickets that may stick at the bottomy of the bars, and means to hold the tickets in their compartment for a preliminary inspection.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of February, A. D. 1915, in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

AMEDEE B. JOHNSTON. Witnesses:

C. P. GRIFFIN, HENRY B. LISTER.

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